Ypulse Essentials: Disney 'Netpal,' CN Real, Nickelodeon's 'Addicting Game Showdown'
Posted by meredith on 06-17-2009
Disney 'Netpal' (as other toy companies focus on more affordable items, Disney debuts its first laptop for kids. Still, some say it's smart move) (Reuters) (everythingPR)
- Iranian youth and Twitter (a closer look at how young activists are using the site to organize rallies at home and attract support around the world. Plus UC Berkeley chronicles the ways that bloggers contribute and enrich the discussion on human rights and BayNewser profiles "the kid at the State Department who figured out that the Iranians should be allowed to keep tweeting") (Bloomberg) (FORA.tv via CultureLab)
- America's next girl crush (The Daily Beast profiles Sarah Haskins and the brilliant Current TV segment on marketing aimed towards women that earned her internet fame. And NewTeeVee deems Alexa Chung a "younger, more web 2.0 " Jimmy Fallon. Plus check out Penguin's YA Central, video content for YA fans)
- Wrld's bst txter (a 15-year-old takes home the top prize — $50,000 — at the L.G. National Texting Championship. Check out the text interview. And a teen tweets a play-by-play of his meeting with lawmakers on behalf of children's hospitals) (CNN) (Ohio.com)
- Music and art lacking in 8th grade classrooms (according to a new survey from the Department of Education. Also innovative organizers of youth sports programs help get girls in the game) (New York Times, reg. required)
- The day the music [megastore] died (the closing of the last Virgin Megastore raises questions about the future of the music industry and retail. Also bands defend piracy as a positive influence on the music scene) (New York Times, reg. required) (BBC)
- CN Real (More details on the slate of live-action shows set to debut this week on Cartoon Network. Plus CW's flashback fall begins with "Melrose Place" and "90210″ on Sept. 8) (Los Angeles Times) (Variety)
- Nickelodeon presents 'Addicting Games Showdown' (a casual games awards ceremony that will air as a primetime TV event) (Game Informer Online)
- The Bridgette Alese Show (a weekly web show for young African Americans featuring topics that range from "Roommates" to "Racial Profiling." And Jezebel takes issue with the conservative tone of SexReally, the sex and relationships blog for twenty-something women. Plus tweenworld.net, a site aimed at tween girls and boys)
- Australia's Gen 'Zed' (and the serious streak that runs their values and brand choices.)
- The return of 'flower power' (the 60s are recycled in recent advertising efforts. Plus Mashable offers case studies of the top five branded Facebook fan pages. And Chase targets the Twilight demo with credit cards) (The Sydney Morning Herald) (The Consumerist) (New York Times, reg. required)
P.S. If any Ypulse readers are planning on attending What Teens Want next week in NYC, and would like to write a guest post about what you learned for Ypulse (we'll include your bio/photo/link to your site), please contact Meredith.
P.P.S. Same goes for any readers attending this year's Comic-Con in San Diego!
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